Learn more about this delicious and powerful secret ingredient
Looking for a way to soften your skin and stay glowing this fall? Pumpkin is known for more than just pumpkin spice latte, pies, and candles. If you’re looking for a festive way to pamper yourself, give a pumpkin facial a try. Pumpkin has an incredible amount of beauty benefits. During the fall time, the cooler weather can dehydrate your skin. The sun damage from the hot summer months can cause your complexion to look dull. If your skin needs a radiant and glowing treatment, a pumpkin enzyme facial is your answer. Read this article to find more information regarding pumpkin facials as well as their use in skincare.
All about the Pumpkin Facial:
A pumpkin facial works the same way as traditional treatment, but with the bonus added benefits of pumpkin. Generally, cleansing comes first, pumpkin peel or pumpkin face mask and next comes steaming to help soften up any pore-clogging congestion, followed by gentle exfoliation, extractions, massage, soothing mask, and finally toner, serum, moisturizer, and sunscreen. This treatment includes classic facial steps combined with a pumpkin mask or peel. Step orders sometimes differ for the facials and peels. Depending on where your receive this facial. Many places such as spas and even medical spas offer these services. Estheticians love performing these pumpkin facials because of the immediate results.
The Power of Pumpkin: About the Ingredient
Pumpkins are rich in phytonutrients, antioxidants, and enzymes. It consists of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, zinc, potassium, anti-oxidants, and Beta-Carotene which makes it a free radical fighter. Pumpkin contains powerful natural enzymes, such as alpha-hydroxy acids (or AHA’s) which promote healthy skin cell turnover. It will also boost your collagen production. Collagen is one of the most powerful anti-aging proteins and will keep your skin youthful. Vitamins C and A will make your skin smooth and soft, and those fruit nutrients will nourish your skin and boost your overall health. For those with acne, pumpkin seeds contain zinc, which helps to regulate your hormone levels and oil production. This will also help your skin heal after acne damage. These key benefits are the reason why pumpkin is added into skincare.
Who can benefit from this Facial & Mask?
All skin types can benefit from this facial. People with skin concerns such as aging, dryness, dullness, hyperpigmentation, and uneven skin tone can benefit. If you are suffering from acne, depending on what other acne products you use at home and what grade of acne you have you might not be able receive this facial. Although it does help reduce acne and lighten the appearance of dark spots/scarring. Those with sensitive skin will feel that the ingredient is too active and tingly. People who are prone to redness or have rosacea might want to skip out on this facial.
The best time for this facial or mask:
Fall or winter time. Since a pumpkin facial or pumpkin peel facial contains powerful enzymes, avoiding the spring and summer time would be safest due to the sun damage that can happen. Sun exposure after a pumpkin facial or pumpkin peel facial is usually not advised. Using sunscreen consistently after treatment.
Benefits of Pumpkin:
With so many benefits, this multitasking ingredient is the perfect choice to incorporate into your weekly routine. Listed below are masks you can use in your skincare routine.
- Deeply hydrates and plumps the skin. You’ll also see more moisture retention because it increases skin hydration. Infuses the skin with bioflavonoids that aid in the absorption of skin-friendly vitamins. Delivers beta carotene, amino acids, and fruit enzymes to the skin.
- Pumpkin has Vitamin C which helps overall complexion and pigmentation. Thus Brightening and showing luminosity on the skin. Since it provides antioxidant rich pumpkin benefits, this includes protection from environmental stressors.
- Has Vitamin A which helps Improve blood circulation and helps you accelerate the skin cells regeneration process. Helps to improve the clarity, texture, and smoothness of the skin. Clearing blackheads and congestion in the skin. Stimulates collagen production to reduce the appearance of fine lines and softens wrinkles. It helps with skin elasticity and tightens the skin.
- Exfoliates the dead skin removing dead skin cells. Pumpkin contains powerful AHA enzymes. Leaving your skin feeling fresh and smooth. Helps clear blackheads and congestion in the skin. It purifies and shrinks the look of your pores.
Why a DIY pumpkin mask is not recommended:
DIY skincare and masks can be harmful to the skin. They are comprised of natural ingredients, but it’s not the same as the vitamin c you find in professional skincare products. For example, the Vitamin C in pumpkins can be acidic. Throwing off your skin’s natural pH in such a large measure is harmful to the health of your skin. The concentration of Vitamin C is going to be higher in professional products compared to pumpkin puree. This is true for all other natural ingredients that DIY skincare requires. Ingredients in professional skincare products are carefully chosen and tested/mixed in sterile laboratories, by professional and qualified chemists. This is something that you cannot recreate and do at home. Consider the fruit pickers, pesticides on produce, and possible food allergies they might have been exposed to. A quick rinse at home is not going to wash all the bacteria and chemicals away. To add to this, DIY skincare is unstable and lacks preservatives in at-home skincare. Preservatives are added to make our products stable and last. You risk germs, bacteria, and mold growth as soon as you mix the concoction. This can cause many skin concerns to arise.
Pumpkin Masks you can use at home:
This powerful, triple-action manual, chemical and enzymatic exfoliating treatment addresses a dull, aging, and congested complexion in three ways: exfoliates with Pumpkin Enzyme, reveals with Alpha Hydroxy Acid and polishes with Aluminum Oxide Crystals. Helps even the appearance of skin tone, smooth the look of fine lines and wrinkles and clarify to reveal skin that looks smoother, younger, radiant and revitalized.
Restore your skin’s natural moisture balance with our Pumpkin Latte Hydration Masque. Vitamin E and Omega 9 nutrients combine in this dreamy puree of fresh pumpkin to fight the appearance of aging and environmental stress on your skin.
This 100% natural pumpkin enzyme reduces surface build-up, provides antioxidant support, and works as a mild exfoliant. Pumpkin Parfait Enzyme leaves skin with a smooth, polished feel while the delicious pumpkin pie aroma tantalizes the senses. The all-natural vegetable enzyme is enhanced by an unusual freeze-drying process, mimicking glycolic acid properties.
A brightening treatment mask that dissolves impurities and dead skin cells while encouraging healthy skin renewal. A targeted blend of organic fruit enzymes, humectants and antioxidants helps decrease the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, hydrates and refines the skin
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